Table 1.

Distribution of demographic characteristics and hepatitis B preventive practices among health professionals in China

Characteristic	N	(%)	Characteristic		N	(%)
Sex			Education level
Male	146	60.1	Elementary		1	0.4
Female	97	39.9	Middle school		1	0.4
Unknown	6		High school		18	7.4
Province of residence			Vocational		29	11.8
Heilongjiang	4	1.7	University/college		181	73.9
Jilin	13	5.6	Graduate/professional degree		15	6.1
Liaoning	3	1.3	Unknown		4
Beijing	16	6.9	Occupation
Inner Mongolia	4	1.7	Physician		83	34.6
Gansu	26	11.2	Nurse or midwife		5	2.1
Xinjiang	2	0.9	Elementary school teacher/admin		1	0.4
Qinghai	10	4.3	Social worker		13	5.4
Ningxia	2	0.9	Government public health worker		42	17.5
Shanxi	7	3.0	Local public health worker		83	34.6
Hebei	18	7.8	Hospital administrator		13	5.4
Shandong	9	3.9	Unknown		9
Jiangsu	14	6.0	Family history of chronic hepatitis B
Henan	19	8.2	Yes		72	30.8
Shaanxi	20	8.6	No		162	69.2
Sichuan	5	2.2	Unknown		15
Tibet	1	0.4	Family history of liver cancer
Chongqing	2	0.9	Yes		19	8.5
Hubei	4	1.7	No		204	91.5
Anhui	3	1.3	Unknown		26
Shanghai	3	1.3	Ever been tested for HBV
Zhejiang	18	7.8	Yes		225	94.9
Jiangxi	4	1.7	No		12	5.1
Fujian	2	0.9	Unknown		12
Hunan	2	0.9	Vaccinated against HBV
Yunnan	2	0.9	Yes		195	81.6
Guangxi	5	2.2	No		44	18.4
Guangdong	14	6.0	Unknown		10
Unknown	17		Children vaccinated against HBV
Rural/urban status of residence			Yes		226	95.8
Rural	39	16.0	No		10	4.2
Urban	205	84.0	Unknown		13
Unknown	5		Ever heard of the Jade Ribbon Campaign
Population of town/city of residence			Yes		88	37.3
<10,000	17	7.0	No		148	62.7
10,000-50,000	75	30.9	Unknown		13
500,000-1 million	42	17.3
>1 million	109	44.9
Unknown	6